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Brosque scores a hat-trick to help Al Ain overcome Dubai 4-2

In his second appearance with Al Ain Senior Football Team,  the Australian professional player Alex Brosque  scored  a hat-trick in his team's win over hosts Dubai in the Etisalat Cub first group second round mach held tonight at the losers'  stadium in Dubai.

Brosque was the first to find the back of the net giving Al Ain the lead only 14 minutes into play, but his countryman Richard Porter  the striker  of Dubai team brought the game into parity to make it 1-1 ten minutes later to end the first session with a 1-1 draw.

Brosque came seven minutes after the breather to add the second goal off a penalty kick. Dubai's player Mohammed Ismail was sent off after blocking the ball with his hands inside the six yard area for a penalty and Brosque made no mistake to give his side a 2-1 lead. The same player made things difficult for Dubai when he netted the third goal in the  66th minute and his teammate Mohamed Abdulrahman put the game beyond the reach of the home team when he drove the ball into the net in the 75fth minute. Simon from Guinea   reduced the deficit off a penalty kick to end the game with a 4-2 result in favor of the visiting team Al Ain.